GES PRO: GES To Commence Investigations Into Akuse Student's Assault

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has assured the family of the 17 year old final year student of the Akuse Methodist Senior High School in the Eastern Region (name withheld) that the Education Service will soon commence investigations into the assault. The final year student was severely beaten by her teachers and sustained serious degrees of injuries on her body for leaving campus without permission. Pictures corroborating the assault showed the girl’s body in bruises, swellings and her back, buttocks and legs turned red. Narrating her ordeal, the student indicated that two teachers whose names were given as Mr. Tengue and Mr. Adolf lashed her with a big stick in the full glare of the head teacher for breaking school rules. The punishment has since called for attention from the Ghana Education Service. Public Relations Officer of the GES, Paul Krampah in an interview with Joy FM Thursday indicated that his outfit will begin investigations into the incident and ensure that culprits are sanctioned. Though he would not support a criminal investigation into the issue, he however charged the GES “who has oversight responsibility overly of all institutions in the country [I’m talking about all pre-tertiary institutions to investigate the issue and then whoever is found culpable should be sanctioned.”